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Six turnovers too many as Lebanon loses lead, game

FAYETTEVILLE â€” The Lebanon Blue Devils turned the ball over six times at the Pit Friday night Five of them came on interceptions and the last one hurt the most with less than a minute remaining in the teamâ€™s first round playoff loss 20-17 to Lincoln County. "You can't win big ballgam...

Purple Tigers left in Lookout Valley's wake

CHATTANOOGA â€” Watertown was within striking distance of its first playoff win in 22 years for 2 1/2 quarters Friday night. But Lookout Valley left the Purple Tigers in the distance 49-21 as four Watertown turnovers caught up with the visitors in a first-round game. Watertown drew to within...

Saturday Morning Quarterback

As you may have seen in The Zone, gotten in an e-mail blast or just by word of mouth, Lebanon High School is forming a Sports Hall of Fame and is seeking nominations. I received a form online. But for a school which has played sports for close to 90 years, that form isnâ€™t enough. So, in part...

Williams leads Lady Bulldogs past Milligan in 81-56 victory

ROME, Ga. â€” Cumberlandâ€™s women broke open a close game in the second half Friday night to pull away from Milligan 81-56 in the Bob Williams Classic at Berry College. Renae Williams threw in three 3-pointers on her way to 26 points and a game-high 12 rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs whi...

Rematches rule first-round matchups

Teams across the state have worked for nearly a year and played for 10 or 11 weeks to get to this point. Now for the 160 Division I teams across five classifications who have made it to Week 11, itâ€™s a one-game season with the hope of advancing to another one-game season next week. Teams wh...

Outdoors Notebook

Outdoors Notebook Fishing changes: The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission passed several changes in the stateâ€™s fishing regulations at its recent meeting in Gatlinburg. Most notably was an 18-inch minimum size limit on smallmouth bass. The size limit is state-wide, with a few exceptio...

Hunters for the Hungry

The only thing more satisfying than a successful deer hunt is seeing the venison put to a good use, and thereâ€™s no better way to do it than donating a deer to the Hunters for the Hungry Program. The program is overseen by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation in cooperation with the Tennessee W...

Wednesday Morning Quarterback

Rick Butler has spent his adult life urging young men to go beyond what they think they can do. Heâ€™s been getting it back in recent months. The longtime Middle Tennessee-area football coach, who spent a year at Cumberland, has had to practice what heâ€™s preached since an Aug. 10 acci...

Shorter College controls ball, Bulldogs 34-7

In a game where field position and time of possession meant everything, Cumberland had nothing in a 34-7 setback to visiting Shorter on Saturday at Lindsey Donnell Stadium. Utilizing the option game, the Hawks ran 60 times for 335 yards and finished with 379 total as the visitors from Rome, Ga., i...

Williams' two FTs, 32 points lift Lady Dawgs to 82-80 win

HENDERSON â€” Renae Williams poured in 32 points Saturday and Cumberland needed every one of them as the last two came from the free-throw line with two seconds left to lift the Lady Bulldogs to an 82-80 win over King College in the Lionbackers Classic at Freed-Hardeman. Williams sank 5 of 6 ...